The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-07-19

A Young Woman Stabbed In.
stead of a Rival.

New Haven. Conn July ia bloody
and terrible encounter with clasp knives
took place in the town of EllingtOn yester-
day, which resulted in the serious and
probable fatal stsbbing of a beautiful
young woman who was formerly one of the
prettiest girls in this city. When the news
of the ARRAY was brought to this city big
sensation was created In the circles where
the young woman formerly moved.
About four years ago the injured woman,
whose name is Julia Coburn. graduated
with high honors from Miss Cady's West
End boarding school in this city. Her
parents were in affiuent circumstances.
Jalia at that time was Is years of age and
wss very beautiful girl. She was tall
and fair, with blue eyes, light brown hair
and sweet, winning face. Her form was
exquisitely nodded and gracefully out
lined. Miss Coburn was much sought
after in college circles and became
acquainted with the scape-goat SON
of q New York millionaire. 1t was
in the last year of his course at Yale. The
girl seemed to be completely infatuated
with him. INNER the cloak OF proposed
marriage he got the girls parents permits
sion to call on her regularly. Miss Co
burns parents, il is stated, opposed the
the marriage, but as the young woman was
set upon having her own way she paid
but little heed to their admonitions, and,
slipping out of the house one night I'M
known to anybody, she Joined her lover
and they took the steamer to New York,
where he married her at q church in
Brooklyn, unknown to his parents.
A DESERTED BRIDE.
He took her, after the marriage, to the
town OF Ellington, in Windham county,
where he purchased home for her. He
paid frequent visits to her at first, but
after q while they became less frequent,
and he finally ceased to come altogether
To the townspeople she was known as Miss
Dawson, and her husband was thought to
be her brother who was a clerk in q Hart
ford store.
Julia still possessed her marriage cercifi-
cate, and not caring to 60 back to her
home, she determined with what money
she had to obtain u situation as teacher in
the village school, which determination
she carried out. She was extremely well
liked in the village and much admired by
the young farmers. She never encouraged
their attentions, but the better to cover up
her identity she mixed in with the people
and was oftipes accompanied to meeting
by some young farmer. John Nostrand,
the son of the wealthiest farmer in the
town, fell desperately in tove with her, and
he proposed marriage to her. The young
woman laughed the idea to scorn, and
Nostrand left her presence much abashed.
A few days later he learned that another
young man had found favor in the wom-
ans eyes. The two Immediately became
msdly jealous of each other, and
from being friends, became mortal
enemies. Saturday they met, and,
from hot words came to blows,
STABBED By INFATUATED LOVERS.
In a moment or two both men had be-
come so enraged that they drew their
cIasp-knives and fell to fighting in dead
earnest. Julia heard of the fight, and,
learning the cause, ran and tried to sepa-
rate the combatants, but they were so in
furisted that they paid no attention to her,
and in her efforts to make peace, she re.
ceived a severe wound in the side. Upon
seeing her fall the men came to their
senses, put up their knives, and the least
injured of them went for doctor. The
young woman was carried TO farm house,
where she lived, and, thinking she was GO
ing to die, revealed her identity and begged
piteously to see her parents. AT last ac-
counts the young woman, whose folly
brought her to so much misery, was Likely
to come to a sad and untimely end IL her
wound permits, she will De brought home
to-morrow